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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Climate Change is the real Terrorist (Young Turks)

Climate Change is the real Terrorist (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks “Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse hit a record in 2013 as carbon dioxide concentrations grew at the fastest rate since reliable […]

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Israel
Hamas, Shmamas: It’s about Israeli National Ambitions

Hamas, Shmamas: It’s about Israeli National Ambitions

By Brian K. Barber, special to Informed Comment Much recent commentary on forging a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israel makes two deceptive and unproductive […]

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Barack Obama
3 Years War?  Obama to Bomb Syria in fight against ISIL

3 Years War? Obama to Bomb Syria in fight against ISIL

By Juan Cole Juliet Eilperin and David Nakamura at WaPo report on a Monday evening dinner at the White House attended by foreign policy experts, […]

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“Obama to outline campaign against ISIS” (Juan Cole at Chris Hayes, “All In”)

“Obama to outline campaign against ISIS” (Juan Cole at Chris Hayes, “All In”)

Juan Cole at MSNBC Juan Cole hosted by Chris Hayes, “All In”: “Obama to outline campaign against ISIS” ————- screenshot

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Iraq
Are ISIL fighters Afraid of Women with Guns?

Are ISIL fighters Afraid of Women with Guns?

BBC “In Kurdish areas of northern Syria, fighters have been battling Islamic State – or ISIS – for two years – and unlike Iraq’s kurdish […]

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Iran
Iran begins to Emerge from three Decades of Isolation

Iran begins to Emerge from three Decades of Isolation

Channel 4 News Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi tells Channel 4 News that there is a genuine negotiating bond of respect with the United […]

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Climate Change
Will the People’s Climate March be this generation’s March on Washington?

Will the People’s Climate March be this generation’s March on Washington?

By Nick Engelfried On August 28, 1963, 200,000 people swarmed into the nation’s capital for one of the most iconic moments in the civil rights […]

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Democracy
New Iraqi Government:  Less than Meets the Eye?

New Iraqi Government: Less than Meets the Eye?

By Juan Cole The Iraqi parliament finally voted in the government of new Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi on Monday, in what US Secretary of State […]

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Do Latinos in US have to Change their Names to Get a Job?

Do Latinos in US have to Change their Names to Get a Job?

The Young Turks “”Zamora’s story was the same as those of so many Americans nowadays who are struggling to find a job. Zamora stated that […]

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